Man Dead In Officer Involved Shooting

Maryland State Police are investigating a sheriff's department-involved fatal shooting in Centreville.

The Queen Anne's County Sheriff's office reported that deputies returned fire after they arrived on what was originally dispatched as a possible suicidal subject who allegedly would not allow a woman to leave the residence.

Authorities say 78 year old William Walls, Sr., opened fire on the deputies.

The deputies returned fire, but it's not clear if Walls was wounded by them, or it he suffered a self-inflicted wound.

Three deputies are on administrative leave now pending the investigation's being finished.